SeriousWB on 09 March 2008
NFL players are stronger I think, and faster, but both of this is probably explosive. There is no way in hell they have more stamina/endurance then a Rugby player.
Four sets of 15 minute bursts is nothing at all, and that hour game sometimes lasts up to 3 hours because of it's stop-start nature. That cannot match the endurance of playing two sets of 40 mins, sometimes with 5 minutes extra time added onto each half. And in American football there are much more players per team, so less chance of having to do anything.. What is it 45 active players per team as opposed to 19 in Rugby?
